Alloplasta piceator (Thunberg, 1824)
(a banchine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAlloplasta piceator (a banchine ichneumon)
TribeAtrophini (a tribe of banchine ichneumons)
SubfamilyBANCHINAE (banchine ichneumon wasps)
FamilyICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps)
SuperfamilyICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Alloplasta piceator (a banchine ichneumon) :
1: Alloplasta piceator (a banchine ichneumon)
6 May 2019 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, on bramble leaf
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head, thorax and propodeum - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - thorax and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Wings - highly enlarged - white background
2: Alloplasta piceator (a banchine ichneumon)
8 May 2018 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, around bramble hedge with tent caterpillars
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - ventral view - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head, thorax and propodeum - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - hind leg - postero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - propodeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - scutellum, propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - ovipositor tip - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - sternites 1-3 - postero-ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Alloplasta piceator (a banchine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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